William Woodward
House on Dumaine Street, New Orleans

ArtistAmerican, 1859–1939
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • House on Dumaine Street, New Orleans
  • Untitled (Creole Cottage on Dumaine Street, New Orleans)
  • Old Building on Dumaine St. N.O.
Datec. 1904
PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
MediumPastel on paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (34.9 × 50.5 cm)
Frame: 18 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 7/8 in. (47.6 × 62.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James Anderson, Jr.
Object number2008.511
Not on view

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Department
American Art
ProvenanceMilly McGehee Americana, Dallas, TX; purchased by Mrs. James Anderson, Jr., Houston, TX, 1986
Exhibition History"Painting in the South: 1564-1980," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1983

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso mount: Old Building on Dumaine st. N.O. / $25.00 / (signature)
Initialed recto lower right in black: "W W."

Signed in pencil on verso upper right: "Wm Woodward"
Printed label on verso (removed to accession file):
"MILLY McGEHEE / AMERICANA / "House on Dumaine Street," / (French Quarter, New Orleans) / by William Woodward ... / Oil crayon on paper. / ... / (See p. 274-275, #110 of Painting in the South, by / The Virginia Museum / $3850"

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